This games will be VERY hard for newbie but is it possible to started with it? Actually yes... Follow this step...
1) Turn off internet
2) Play level 1 till you full combo and step it up by each level to progress. If you fail to do the next level diffeculty clear all other song in the current level you just full combo
3) You will find out that somehow you keep getting better at the game... Yes it happens to me... Because this games encourage you to train more than anything.
Take notes
1) Being offline will not affect the potential and this is good for you as newbies. You will fail a lot so you don't have to worry about minus potential lol
2) Don't play too much though... Touch glass too this games won't ran away from you...
3) NEVER started out with collaboration or buying them first! Clear as lot of music in free chart still the hardest diffeculty first than you can move forward. Why? Cause collaboration songs are 10 times harder than the free songs... You will die guarantee. If there's names isn't enough to scare you I don't know now...
USAO...
Camellia...
Nitro...
The game itself is NOTORIOUS hard but not impossible if you didn't count those troll map April's Fool days... Well even with that compare to every other game it's still winable. They just troll you with new gimmick not making it impossible.
So yeah even the hardest chart is possible to win someday even if you started out in this game. You just needs training.
There's also no gacha which is a HUGE plus... I don't understand why many rhyme games have to be gacha... This is the thing that highly limited the gameplay TBH.
The paywall is huge but that's just because the music list are hired by an actual pro. It's basically like buying extra game feature so I can't complain... Plus it does give you a lot of bonuses for just one purchase...
***But all the stories one first though. Those are a must buy if you willing to use money!!! The most broken partners in the game ARE in that too!!!
Now to the issues... World map... Yes it's notoriously slow as fk!!!! But with the said strongest partner I mention she can easily shredding the world map with literally 130-300 steps... That's like 1.5-4 times of a normal world progression btw...
This is why I said STORIES song list are the first priority if you want to buy it... It will really change a lot in a good way.
Oh yeah all the songs are a banger too!!! Even if you just enter the stage and left it alone can be a good experience... It's fun to even just listen to them...